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Arcaded and Sliders to run in lucrative sprint.

Darley Stud's Street Boss (Street Cry) will be represented by Godolphin fillies Arcaded and Sliders in The Showdown (1200m) at Caulfield on Saturday.

Arcaded and Sliders contest the $950,000 race restricted to two-year-olds by sires based in Victoria at the time of serving mares. 

Both James Cummings-trained fillies are by Street Boss who shuttles to Northwood Park and he is enjoying a good season on the track, headlined by Anamoe, who added a first Group 1 to his CV in the ATC Sires' Produce Stakes (Gr 1, 1400m) last Saturday. 

"Not only is Street Boss having tremendous success on the racetrack, but as a stallion who stands in Victoria, he gives us the opportunity to run these two fillies in this race for almost a million dollars," Cummings said. 

Arcaded comes into Saturday's race in great form having won three of her four starts. 

She was successful at her first two starts at Caulfield, before running 11th in the Blue Diamond Stakes (Gr 1, 1200m) on February 27. However she was last seen bouncing back to form in the Magic Night Stakes (Gr 3, 1200m) at Rosehill on March 13. 

"She returns to Melbourne after an exciting victory in the Magic Night Stakes and that win galvanised her formline into three wins from four starts," Cummings said. 

"Her only unplaced run was in the Blue Diamond where she was obliged to race on the inferior part of the track. 

"She likes the Caulfield circuit and we expect her to perform admirably." 

Sliders, broke her maiden on debut at Newcastle in November before running second at Rosehill two weeks later before a break, but hasn't been able to recapture that form this campaign and comes in the race off the back of a sixth place finish in the Redoute's Choice Stakes (Listed, 1100m). 

"She has maintained her condition and considering the difficult run she had in the Redoute's Choice Stakes last start, we felt she deserves an opportunity to show her consistent Sydney form," Cummings said.